October 27, 2014

West Valley Contractor Earns 53% of Available Fee in Latest Determination

By ExchangeMonitor

West Valley contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley earned $150,000 out of $285,029 in available award fee from August 2013 through February 2014, or about 53 percent, according to the latest fee scorecard the Department of Energy has made available. DOE reduced the fee by $50,000 due to a Category 2 incident involving turbidity in the site’s water treatment system and also expressed project management concerns. “DOE still believes CHBWV needs to provide additional emphasis in the area of Project Management. This has been a recurring concern since DOE’s evaluation in May 2012. CHBWV’s schedules still demonstrate the need for detail planning and traceability,” the scorecard states.

CHBWV received higher marks in other areas, including an excellent rating in safety, health and quality management and a very good rating in environmental and regulatory strategy. Those marks incorporate “include successful achievement of Voluntary Protection Program Star Status; implementation of Quality Assurance oversight for the High Level Waste (HLW) Storage Pad and Vertical Storage Cask construction; interactive senior management field presence; enhanced coordination and partnering efforts; and excellent 2013 As Low As Reasonably Achievable budget performance,” the scorecard states.

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